<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350, 800M, 780CR, 770W
ACT: 36 (all four parts:36)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 physics, 780 Spanish, 680 us history (ahhhh I shouldn't have taken this)
PSAT: 232
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), euro (5), physics c(4), calc ab (5), calc bc (5), gov (5), lang (5), chem (5), stats (5), Spanish (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None Offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, ap psych, calc 3 + diff qs at university, (have taken all ap classes that aren't based on the arts that are offered)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, there was something about 8 ap tests, with an average over 4... something like that</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community service club 4 yrs (co vp then pres), student government 3 yrs (treasurer then pres), founder of quiz bowl club, amnesty club (pres). Cross country 4yrs (1yr varsity). Tennis 4 yrs (2 yrs varsity), math club 1 yr (founder)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 550+ hours, through community service club + working at a children's museum + student gov</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): small, not very competitive
Country: America
School Type: medium public not competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 70k (????) something like that
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>The school that I want to attend is uchicago.. supplementaries are interesting...
I realize the chances of the last 3 are very very slim. just put them in for kicks. </p>
<p>Also, I’m fairly good at the oboe, the best in my state–1st chair at the honors band for our state (however, I live in a fairly small state)</p>
<p>What I see is good about your profile: Student Council President at a public school and stats.</p>
<p>What’s not so good: Asian male (are you going into STEM?) which may make things a little more difficult. Also, the lack of focus in your extra curriculars.</p>
<p>Work hard on your essays and get references, and I would say you have a decent shot (still reach) at all these schools. </p>
<p>I think you have a chance of getting into Harvard and Yale (ehhh 50ish) . Others look solid for you. National AP scholar really helps you stand out if you get it before senior year. 36 ACT will help also. Others should be guarantee</p>
<p>I think you have an excellent chance at U of C. I would be surprised if you did not get in. Chicago has a pretty nerdy, “Where fun goes to die” culture. If that is you, then it is the perfect place. Be prepared for quirky supplemental essay questions.</p>
<p>I think you have a good chance at Penn, if you were to apply ED, and decent chance to get into Penn regular admission. </p>
<p>@razumikhin - I think you have good chances at all these schools. If UChicago is your first choice, apply EA to UChicago and MIT, and RD to the rest. You could also consider applying SCEA to Harvard or Yale if you think you might chose them over UChicago - it would be calculated move (higher chance of acceptance to the SCEA school but potential for lower chances at UChicago and MIT). I’ve seen claims that EA offers no advantage at MIT. I’m not sure if that’s accurate or not, but it appears that SCEA does offer some advantage at Harvard and Yale.</p>
<p>@BldrDad is right.
MIT’s EA isn’t necessarily better than RD. I met an admission officer long time ago and exchanged several emails. One of her email said that EA rate isn’t much different from RD rate. So, applying RD or EA doesn’t make much difference.</p>
<p>@paul2752 - I believe that H & Y are saying the same thing too, but the EA and RD acceptance rates are so different, it’s hard to believe it’s all due to differences between the applicant pools.</p>
<p>It’s much more plausible for MIT to claim this as the EA/RD acceptance ratio is relatively small, and they don’t allow internationals to apply EA. They actually provide sufficient data on their website (<a href=“Admissions statistics | MIT Admissions”>http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats</a>) to calculate the non-WL acceptance rates for US applicants, it’s 11.4% for EA, and 7.2% for RD.</p>
<p>Hey guys, thanks a ton for the feedback, makes me feel more confident about admissions!
although my advice may not be as helpful, I’d be willing to chance anyone back.</p>